Dean thanks for the info and I look forward to a lot more from everyone else it will be useful, most of it just gave me peace of mind about what Im already doing thank goodness.

My problem is that although there are tons of pattern flyers near me and several I fly with daily, there isnt another practicing IMAC pilot within 80 miles that I know of. I have read the judging guide and studied the tips on the IMAC, practiced on my sim and burn a lot of gas at the field,,, but other than the video that was posted here the other day I havent ever even seen an IMAC sequence flown so I am going to have to get all I can get here before I think about going to my 1st competition... As you can tell Im in the sportsman sequence, I flew the basic for a couple of weeks but there wasnt much to be gained in it for me so Im skipping for good reason. I can fly the maneuvers in sportsman cleanly and with relative geometric precision I just need clarification on centering, some basic questions about the meneuvers I mentioned before and stuff like that to clean things up.

Another question would be roll rate judging. For instance on the roll before the immelmann turn, do the judges score better for a slower more controlled roll or do most guys just push the stick over and roll it. Also the rolls in up and down lines. Is there an advantage to making them slower as well provided they are centered in the line? In pattern and IMAC it says that roll rate is not a judging criteria BUT BUT, guys who roll more slowly and with more control get better scores. This is somewhat subjective, but none the less true, does this apply in IMAC as well? I can roll slow I just want to be sure I practice doing what the judges prefer to see.


Where Im coming from. I flew pattern for a while but I have limited funds for multiple planes and I like to fly sequences, pretty much all you can do with a pattern plane is fly pattern... I chose scale aerobatic planes and sold my pattern plane becuase I can fly sequence and 3D with the same plane. So dont chastise me for going to sportsman where I can challenge myself, basic wasnt fun for me and win or lose having fun is why Im into RC planes.


Mike